Greetings Nathan F, Are you quite sure that the rifle is for the boy, I mean the younger male that lives at your house? If so what would he like? GPM.
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 02:22 PM
Greetings, If you are using a Parker Hale base and rings there will be a shallow hole between the two mounting screws at the front of the base. One of the rings will have a pin sticking out from the...
Liked On: 16-05-2023, 09:55 AM
Greetings Croc, I couldn't find my stability calculations so went back and did them again for both my old and new projectiles. I got much the same result as you. I have previously fired the 60 grain...
Liked On: 15-05-2023, 09:23 PM
Greetings all, Have been out in the shed this morning starting to get some rifles and ammo together for next seasons F Class shoots. First cab of the rank was my .223 to be used in the 300 yard...
Liked On: 14-05-2023, 07:31 PM
Greetings all, Have been out in the shed this morning starting to get some rifles and ammo together for next seasons F Class shoots. First cab of the rank was my .223 to be used in the 300 yard...
Liked On: 14-05-2023, 04:56 PM
Greetings Again ghosts, Ron ran one of the Venture sections at the 1981 Jamboree, Venture and Regatta held in Hawkes Bay. His was a hunting section. Sudden thought how the hell did we get away with...
Liked On: 11-05-2023, 05:17 PM
In 1969 Winchester relocated it's factory to St Marks? It had been making powders prior to that from the late 1920's but what sort I don't know. Originally they may have been made from recycled stick...
Liked On: 11-05-2023, 02:17 PM
Greetings ghosts, Yes I knew Snow slightly and Jack O quite well. On the 1963 trip we dropped in on Jack Nicholas at his hut on Makahu and knew most others in the 1970's and 1980's through...
Liked On: 11-05-2023, 01:37 PM
Greetings akaroa1, A month or so back I suggested, half jokingly, that I may use my 30-40 Martini in a 300 yard F class shoot. A little later I dug the hole deeper so am now committed. A little...
Liked On: 11-05-2023, 12:53 PM
Greeting again akaroa1, I turned up some pressure tested data for W760. This dates from 1976 or earlier and was repeated in the 2003 Winchester Reloading Components Manual. Their load for the 180...
Liked On: 10-05-2023, 10:22 AM
223264 Greetings All, The rifles for next season have been assembled. Some may note that there are five rather than the three mentioned earlier. The extra two are, from the left no 4 an Omark in...
Liked On: 07-05-2023, 05:30 PM
Greetings, I think we need to go back a lot further than that for the first of the Short Magnum cartridges. During the 1950's Roy Gradle introduced his 7mm Gradle Express. This was based on the .348...
Liked On: 07-05-2023, 02:04 PM
223264 Greetings All, The rifles for next season have been assembled. Some may note that there are five rather than the three mentioned earlier. The extra two are, from the left no 4 an Omark in...
Liked On: 07-05-2023, 01:53 PM
Greetings All, I use light loads in my .303 rifles with AR2206H which is ideal for the purpose. Many years ago I started with AR2201 but there were no .303 rifles in the cupboard for about 30 years....
Liked On: 06-05-2023, 01:21 PM
Greetings, If you are wanting a 7mm with magnum performance and a factory fast twist barrel then the 7mm PRC is probably your best choice. Remington now lists an eight inch twist for their 7mm Rem...
Liked On: 05-05-2023, 08:02 PM